Canadian Mixed Curling Championship

Canadian Mixed Curling Championship
Established	1964
2017 host city	Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
2017 arena	Mariners Centre
2017 champion	Northern Ontario
Current edition
2017 Canadian Mixed Curling Championship

The Canadian Mixed Curling Championship is the national curling championship for mixed curling in Canada. The winners of the tournament will represent Canada at the World Mixed Curling Championship.

In mixed curling, the positions on a team must alternate between men and women. If a man throws last rocks, which is usually the case, the women must throw lead rocks and third rocks, while the other male member of the team throws second rocks. In 2004, Shannon Kleibrink became the only woman to skip a team and win a Canadian Mixed championship.

History

Starting with the 2008 Championships (held in November 2007), the Canadian Curling Association picked two curlers from the winning team to represent Canada at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. This ended with the 2012 Mixed Championship, with the creation of the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials.

The tournament was started in 1964. For the first two years it was held at the Royal Canadian Curling Club in Toronto, Ontario. The first championship was won by Ernie Boushy of Winnipeg, Manitoba with a record of 9-1.^[1][2]

The event was first sponsored by the Carling O'Keefe Brewery, which remained a sponsor until 1971. In 1973, Seagram Distillers became the new official sponsor, until 1983.

Up until 1995, the event was typically held in March, but was bumped up to January that year when Unitel became a sponsor. That was also the year that the "Season of Champions" event series was implemented, and the Page playoffs began to be used.

Unitel's parent company AT&T became the sponsor in 1997, a partnership that only lasted until 1998. The event was dropped as a Season of Champions event in 2004, and was no longer shown on television. The 2005 event was bumped up to November of the previous year, and the event has been held in November ever since, and is why the event is never held in the year it is billed as. In 2005, the page playoff system was dropped and replaced by a 3-team playoff.

Champions

The past champions of the event are listed as follows:^[3]

Year	Winning Locale	Winning Team	Host
1964	Manitoba	Ernie Boushy, Ina Light, Garry DeBlonde, Bea McKenzie	Toronto, Ontario
1965	Alberta	Lee Green, Kay Berreth, Shirley Salt, Vi Salt	Toronto, Ontario
1966	Manitoba	Ernie Boushy, Ina Light, Garry DeBlonde, Betty Hird	Thunder Bay, Ontario
1967	Saskatchewan	Larry McGrath, Darlene Hill, Peter Gunn, Marlene Dorsett	Québec City, Quebec
1968	Saskatchewan	Larry McGrath, Darlene Hill, Peter Gunn, Marlene Dorsett	Saint Boniface, Manitoba
1969	Alberta	Don Anderson, Bernie Hunter, Bill Tarnish, Connie Reeve	Kitchener, Ontario
1970	Alberta	Bill Mitchell, Hadie Manley, Bill Tarnish, Connie Reeve	Vancouver, British Columbia
1971	Saskatchewan	Larry McGrath, Darlene Hill, John Gunn, Audrey St. John	Saint John, New Brunswick
1972	British Columbia	Trev Fisher, Gail Wren, Bryan Bettesworth, Louise Fisher	Thunder Bay, Ontario
1973	Manitoba	Barry Fry, Peggy Casselman, Stephen Decter, Susan Lynch	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1974	Saskatchewan	Rick Folk, Cheryl Stirton, Tom Wilson, Bonnie Orchard	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1975	Alberta	Les Rowland, Aurdrey Rowland, Dan Schmaltz, Betty Schmaltz	Kitchener, Ontario
1976	British Columbia	Tony Eberts, Elizabeth Short, Clark Glanville, Eleanor Short	Lethbridge, Alberta
1977	Manitoba	Harold Tanasichuk, Rose Tanasichuk, Jim Kirkness, Debbie Orr	Halifax, Nova Scotia
1978	Saskatchewan	Bernie Yuzdepski, Marnie McNiven, Roy Uchman, Joan Bjerke	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1979	Northern Ontario	Roy Lund, Nancy Lund, Ron Apland, Marsha Kerr	Prince George, British Columbia
1980	Manitoba	Jim Dunstone, Carol Dunstone, Del Stitt, Elaine Jones	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
1981	Northern Ontario	Rick Lang, Anne Provo, Bert Provo, Lorraine Edwards	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1982	British Columbia	Glen Pierce, Marlene Neubauer, Fuji Miki, Sharon Bradley	Timmins, Ontario
1983	Saskatchewan	Rick Folk, Dorenda Schoenhals, Tom Wilson, Elizabeth Folk	Saint John, New Brunswick
1984	Saskatchewan	Randy Woytowich, Kathy Fahlman, Brian McCusker, Jan Betker	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
1985	British Columbia	Steve Skillings, Pat Sanders, Al Carlson, Louise Herlinveaux	Toronto, Ontario
1986	Ontario	Dave Van Dine, Dawn Ventura, Hugh Millikin, Cindy Wiggins	Kamloops, British Columbia
1987	Prince Edward Island	Peter Gallant, Kathy Gallant, Phil Gorveatt, Simone MacKenzie	Summerside, Prince Edward Island
1988	Manitoba	Jeff Stoughton, Karen Fallis, Rob Meakin, Lynn Morrow	North Bay, Ontario
1989	Prince Edward Island	Robert Campbell, Angela Roberts, Mark O'Rourke, Kathy O'Rourke	Brandon, Manitoba
1990	Alberta	Marvin Wirth, Glenna Rubin, Millard Evans, Robin Pettit	Rimouski, Quebec
1991	Manitoba	Jeff Stoughton, Karen Fallis, Scott Morrow, Lynn Morrow	Thunder Bay, Ontario
1992	Alberta	Kurt Balderston, Marcy Balderston, Rod Kramer, Joanne Morrison	Grande Prairie, Alberta
1993	Nova Scotia	Scott Saunders, Colleen Jones, Tom Fetterly, Helen Radford	Swift Current, Saskatchewan
1994	New Brunswick	Grant Odishaw, Heather Smith, Rick Perron, Krista Smith	Leduc, Alberta
1995	Nova Scotia	Steve Ogden, Mary Mattatall, Jeff Hopkins, Heather Hopkins	Sarnia, Ontario
1996	Saskatchewan	Randy Bryden, Cathy Trowell, Russ Bryden, Karen Inglis	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1997	Northern Ontario	Chris Johnson, Barb McKinty, Drew Eloranta, Lisa Gauvreau	Kindersley, Saskatchewan
1998	Nova Scotia	Steve Ogden, Mary Mattatall, Jeff Hopkins, Heather Hopkins	Owen Sound, Ontario
1999	Nova Scotia	Paul Flemming, Colleen Jones, Tom Fetterly, Monica Moriarty	Victoria, British Columbia
2000	Alberta	Kevin Koe, Susan O'Connor, Greg Northcott, Lawnie Goodfellow	Lethbridge, Alberta
2001	Quebec	Jean-Michel Ménard, Jessica Marchand, Marco Berthelot, Joëlle Sabourin	Weyburn, Saskatchewan
2002	Nova Scotia	Mark Dacey, Heather Smith-Dacey, Rob Harris, Laine Peters	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2003	Nova Scotia	Paul Flemming, Kim Kelly, Tom Fetterly, Cathy Donald	Abbotsford, British Columbia
2004	Alberta	Shannon Kleibrink, Richard Kleibrink, Judy Pendergast, Kevin Pendergast	Timmins, Ontario
2005	Newfoundland and Labrador	Mark Nichols, Shelley Nichols, Brent Hamilton, Jennifer Guzzwell	Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
2006	Ontario	John Epping, Julie Reddick, Scott Foster, Leigh Armstrong	Whitehorse, Yukon
2007	New Brunswick	Terry Odishaw, Becky Atkinson, Kevin Boyle, Jane Boyle	Kitchener, Ontario
2008	Alberta	Dean Ross, Susan O'Connor, Tim Krassman, Susan Wright	Calgary, Alberta
2009	Manitoba	Sean Grassie, Allison Nimik, Ross Derksen, Kendra Green	Iqaluit, Nunavut
2010	Nova Scotia	Mark Dacey, Heather Smith-Dacey, Andrew Gibson, Jill Mouzar	Burlington, Ontario
2011	Prince Edward Island	Robert Campbell, Rebecca Jean MacPhee, Robbie Doherty, Jackie Reid	Morris, Manitoba
2012	Saskatchewan	Jason Ackerman, Chantelle Eberle, Dean Hicke, Colleen Ackerman	Sudbury, Ontario
2013	Ontario	Cory Heggestad, Heather Graham, Greg Balsdon, Amy Mackay	Mount Royal, Quebec
2014	Alberta	Darren Moulding, Heather Jensen, Brent Hamilton, Anna-Marie Moulding	Ottawa, Ontario
2015	Saskatchewan	Max Kirkpatrick, Jolene Campbell, Chris Haichert, Teejay Haichert	North Bay, Ontario
2016	Alberta	Mick Lizmore, Sarah Wilkes, Brad Thiessen, Alison Kotylak[4]	Toronto, Ontario
2017	Northern Ontario	Trevor Bonot, Jackie McCormick, Kory Carr, Megan Carr	Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

References

External links

• Canadian Mixed Curling Championship history